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' UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

YVILLIAM MUIR ANDREWVS, OF GLASGOWV, SCOTLAND, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID B.MACMEHAN AND SAMUEL IV. I-IURDLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 620,403, dated February28, 1899.

Application filed December 31, 1897 Serial No. 665,254. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MUIR AN- DREWS, manufacturer, late of 217St. Georges road, in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, but now of 21Endsliegh Gardens,Partickhill road, in said city, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in or Connected with Shirts, (for which Ihave obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 19,386, hearing dateOctober 16, 1893,) of which the following is a specification.

My said invention has for its object the providing of a shirt with animproved device for keeping the bosom or front from bulging orprotruding in use. This object is attained by the device illustrated inthe drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and backviews of a shirt embodying my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in both figures ofthe drawings.

In carrying out my invention I provide the side edges of the bosom,about midway between the upper and lower ends thereof,with side flaps ortags attached at one edge to the bosom and extending outwardly free fromboth the body and bosom, to which flaps or tags are secured the ends,respectively, of an adjustable band or tape which is led around the backof the shirt.

In the drawings, A indicates the bosom, which may be of any desiredshape and is attached to the body in the usual manner by stitching alongits edges. At each side of the bosom and about the center of lengththereof the flaps or tags B and C are fastened. These flaps or tags Iprefer to have triangular in shape and fastened at one edge to the sideedge of the bosom by stitching, so as to leave the flaps or tagsextending outwardly free from both the body and bosom of the shirt.

A tape or band E is led around the back of the shirt, and the endsthereof are fastened, respectively, to the flaps or tags B and C. Iprefer to have the attachment ,of both ends of the band to the flapsmade detachable by providing buttonholes in the flaps and buttons D andG on the ends of the tape to on- Of course this means but of course thelength of the band may be readily adjusted by many different deviceswhich will readily suggest themselves to one skilled in the art, such asby having the strap formed in two parts with a buckle or other take-updevice on one part, which modification is so obvious and well understoodas not to require illustration, or as an adjunct to said adjustabledevice or as a substitute therefor the band may be provided with anelastic section H therein to maintain a yielding tension of the bandaround the body of the wearer when in use.

By having theends of the bandattaohed to the flaps or tags and the tagsattached along one edge to the bosom, extending in both directions alongthe edge comparatively a great distance from the line of the attachmentof the band,the pull or draw of the band is distributed over asnfficient area to' prevent the breaking of the bosom,which would bepromoted by attaching the banddireotly to the edge of the bosom.

A shirt provided with attachments embodying my invention is especiallyadapted for use as a dress-shirt, which is usually worn with adress-suit having a very low-cut vest, as it serves to hold the bosomfiat to the chest of the wearer whether standing or sitting andprevents'the bulging or protruding of the same beyond the edges of thevest, which is exceedingly inconvenient and annoying to the wearer.

I am aware that prior to my invention an effort has been made to attainthe object of my invention by means of a band or strap having bifurcatedends, which ends are de signed to be buttoned to the side edges of thebosom at two different points; but this struc= ture is not the same asmy invention nor will it accomplish the object of my invention, becauseit will draw across the bosom of the shirt on two lines instead ofhaving the pull of the bands equally distributed throughout the No.620,403.. Patented Feb. 28, I899.

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